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BARTON 



brary six great figures representing Fable, the 

 Drama, Poetry, Religion, History and Philos- 

 ophy. Chosen to adorn with sculptures the 

 pediment of the east portico of the Capitol 



"PEACE PROTECTING GENIUS" 

 One of Bartlett's group of figures on the Cap- 

 itol at Washington, D. C. 



at Washington, he designed for the purpose a 

 group of figures representing the democracy of 

 the United States as shown in its working peo- 

 ple. Critics rank the production very high 

 among works of this character. 



BARTOLOMMEO , bahr to lorn may ' o, FRA 

 (1475-1517), the name assumed by BACCIO DELLA 

 PORTA, one of the principal painters of the Flor- 

 tit me school during the Italian Renaissance. 

 He was born at Florence, Italy, and early came 

 under the influence of the great Leonardo da 

 Vinci. While engaged in painting some pic- 

 tures for the convent of the Dominican friars, 

 he became a fervent admirer and follower of 

 Savonarola, and was so griev- untimely 



death of the great leader that In- joined the 

 Dominican Order and gave up painting for 

 several years. 



Persuaded at length by his superior to resume 

 his work, In- made the acquaintance of Raphael, 

 who taught him tin? rules of perspective. Later, 

 while on a visit to Rome, he saw the beautiful 

 oes of Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel, 

 which worked a transformation in his art. Fra 



"lommeo's paintings are remarkable 

 their arrangement of light and shadow and rich 



and delicate coloring. He excelled, however, 

 in the handling of drapery, and was the first to 

 use the jointed model known as a lay figure. 

 His best-known canvases are Saint Mark, his 

 masterpiece, in the Pitti Palace at Florence; 

 Saint Sebastian and Marriage of Saint Cath- 

 arine, in the Louvre, Paris; and a portrait of 

 Savonarola. (See the story of each artist 

 named, in its place in these volumes.) 



BAR' TON, CLARA (1821-1912), one of the 

 most famous women America has produced, 

 who devoted her life to the good of humanity, 

 and whose most enduring achievement is the 

 founding of the United States branch of the 

 Red Cross So- 

 ciety. She was 

 born in Oxford, 

 Mass., educated 

 in Clinton, N. Y., 

 and became 

 deeply interested 

 in soldiers' relief 

 work during the 

 War of Secession. 

 It was due to her 

 that a bureau of 

 records, to assist 

 in the search for 

 missing men, was 

 organized. She 

 herself named and marked the graves of over 

 12,000 soldiers m the Andersonville (Ga.) Na- 

 tional Cemetery. 



In 1869 Miss Barton went to Switzerland, 

 where she came in touch with the members 

 of the International Committee of the Red 

 Cross. Encouraged by them, and inspired by 

 the work of the Red Cross during the Franco- 

 (iennan War, in which she assisted, she re- 

 turned to America in 1873, and began at once 

 her successful efforts to bring about the organi- 

 xation of the American branch of the society. 

 She became its first president, and held that 

 position until 1904. 



To Miss Barton, also, is due the honor of 

 having originated the clause in the Red Cross 

 constitution \\horeby the society may extend 

 relief m calamities other than war. such JIM 

 fatuities, floods, earthquakes and pestilence. 

 She took charge of the n I HI work m the yellow- 

 outbreak m ,'lon.la <isx7>. the Johns- 

 town flood (1880). the Russian and A: 

 famines of 1891 and 1898, in the Spam-h-Amer- 

 ican and Boer Wars, and in the Galveston 

 flood of 1900. The German emperor recognised 

 her services by decorating her with the Iron 



MISS CLARA BARTON 

 Revered founder of the Red 

 Cross Society In America, 



